Curtain-hanger.



.l. H. BOYE.

CURTAIN HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2i-. 1917.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

J. H. BOYE.

CURTAIN HANGER. I APPLICATION FIILED FEB. 21. m7.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

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9 MW M JAMES H. IBOYE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application filed February 21, 1917. Serial No. 149,994.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. Born, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Chi 1 movably supported by brackets.

The curtain hanger of my present invention embodies certain structural features of a curtain hanger forming the subject-matter of Letters Patent No; 1,229,874, granted to -my assignee June 12, 1917, and is in the nature of an improvement upon the construction disclosed and claimed in said patent, designed to increase the capacity and utility of said construction. Among the specific objects sought by the present invention are, to provide a construction which shall be readily interchangeable tosupport' either a curtain and a full overdrape or a curtain and side drapes; to provide a construction applicable to double or bay windows wherein thecurt'ain rod or rods for each window "can be put'up or removed entirely independently of, and without dis-' turbing, the hangings of. the other window or windows; to provide an improvedconstruction of detachable rods for a side drape Fig. 2 is a partial top plan view, somewhat enlarged, of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged central vertical sect1on through the 'T-bracket which constitutes the intermediate supporting member;

. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 44, of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective inner side elevation of the head portion of the T-bracket, showing one end of a curtain-rod detachably mounted therein;

Figs. 6 and 7 are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, respectively, but showing the hanger as adapted to carry a curtain and side drapes;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the end brackets on the line 8-8 of supported at one end by one of the end or intermediate brackets and at its other end by the main curtain rod; to provide an improved construction of end brackets adapted to support a pair of curtain rods arranged one in front of the other; andto provide an improved construction of intermediate or T-brackets likewise. adapted to support a pair of curtainrods arranged one in front of the other. Other objects andadvantages of the invention will be readily apprehended by those skilled in'the art from the following description taken in connection with the "accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of my improved curtain hanger shown as applied tov a double window, andadapted to carry a curtain and an overdrape;

Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a sectional detail of one of the end brackets on the line 99 of Fig. 8; and

Fig. 10 is a perspective elevation from the inner side of one of the short detachable rod sections adapted to carry a side drape.

vReferring to the drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the invention as arranged to carry a curtain and a full overdrape; while Figs. 6, 7 and 10 show the same as adapted to carry a curtain and side drapes. Both arrangements are shown as applied to double windows; and the detail views, Figs. 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9, show details of structure that are common to both arrangements,

11 designates as an entirety each of a pair of double end-brackets, 12designates as an entirety an intermediate double T- bracket, and 13 designates 'as an entirety each of a pair of extensible main curtain rods disposed between and supported by the intermediate and end-brackets respectively.

The double end-bracket 11, specifically described, comprises a pair of overlapping base plates 1.4: and 15 united by a rivet 16 and provided with registering holes for attaching screws 17 outwardly divergent curved arms 18 and 19 springing from the base plates 14: and 15 respectively and located in the same horizontal plane, and substantially fiat parallel head portions 20 and 21, the upper and lower margins of which have inwardly turned lips 22 (Fig. 8) that form receiving sockets for the outer ends of the rods hereinafter described.

The double intermediate T-bracket 12, specifically described, comprises a base plate 23 provided with holes for attaching screws 24, a forwardly projecting main stem or with a central internal protuberance 29 and 30, respectively conveniently formed by indenting the metal at that point, which protuberance cocperates with a wire loop connector member carried by the end-of a rod to stiffen and render moresecure the engagement of the connector member with the socket of the head. 7

Each ofthe two rear rods 13 which carry the main curtain comprises a pairof hollow g-rod sections 32 and 33 of flattened or oval form in cross-section, the latter telescoping in the former, as shown, to produce arod having a considerable range of adjustment as to length.

- D In the embodiment of the invention shown afull overdrape.

in Figs. 1 and 2 extensible rods 13, each comprising telescoping sections 32, 33, and inall respects identical and interchangeable with the rods 13, are employed to carry a In the embodiment shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the rods 13 are'replaced by short rod sections 3 1, two for each main curtain rod 13, which are employed to carry side drapes.

The outer or bracket-engaging ends 0 the rods 13, 13 and 34; are all equipped with identical devices for detachably mounting the said ends of the rods in the receiving socketsof the brackets, such device con- 'sisting of a generally U-shaped elastic wire.

- loop 85', the legs of which are clan'iped securely in the endof the rod by downwai dly mashed portions 36 (Figs. 4 and 8) of the infolded sides of the rods.

- "slightly wider than the sockets which they as indicated in Fig. 9, for detachably lock-- engage, so that they are transverselyco'mpressed as'they are forced into the sockets, I

and preferably the loops and sockets are formed w th cooperating edge indentat ons ing themtogether. This construction permits aslight vertical play of the end of the rod in and relatively to its supporting bracket which obviates the necessity of a high degree ofaccura'cy in'the mounting of the 'bracke'ts so" as to have theirre'ceiving sockets eXactlyin line". It I also perinits a sufficient degree of horizontal flexing ofthe end of'the' rod relatively to its supporting T bra'cket toadapt the construction tobay windows where the individual sections of the window are n'otin the same plane 'but at an angle to each other. This described The loops are construction of socket and wire loop con- 'nector member is not specifically claimed herein, however, as it forms in part the subject-matter of my prior patent above identified.

As tlie wiie loop is forced into the socket,

theclosed endof the loop rides up onto the protuberance 29 and 30 which puts a flexing strain on the loop. in a direction trans-;

verse to it s'plane, and increases both the rigidity and frictional grip of the connection, making it more secure. This last mentloned improvement, whlch obvlously may be employed in either or both the interm'edi ate and end brackets, constitutes a valuable feature of the present'invention. r

The short rod section 34, which carries the side drap'e in the constructionof Figs.- 6, 7 andlO, is equipped 'at' ;i ts inner'en-d 8 with a device for detachably supportingsaid innerend on: one of the sections of the main curtain rod 13; this device, in the preferred embodimentherein shown, consisting simply Oran elbow-shaped"member 37- (Fig. '10) having a substantiallyfiat stem or shank that is securely clamped "bet'ween the infolded' marginal"portions and the solid wall of the rod 34,-arid a curved body portion 39, the free end ofwhich carries a pair of spring clips 40 that ban 'be readily "snapped on and on themai'n' curtain-rod 13. It will thus be seen that by a simple interchange of the outer or front rods 13 and 34, the full drape structure may be converted into a side drape structure, and vice versa.

It will also be noted that the described construction renders eachsection of thedoib ble or'ba' 'window liangerf structure"en tirely independent of thefother "sectionbr sections. E'a'ch' can be assembled and taken down without disturbing the other, and each section can 'be" organized ,i'or either fullfo'r,"

side drapes independently of the arrangement' of'the other sectlon onsections. The

construction is simple, durable, ecen'on'iical to manufacture, and easy to manipulatejand is adaptable topractically any'and allsitua tions where'a curtain hanger" is require-a,

The structi'lre shown and described may obviously be modifiedintletailfwithouti deas' 'de'line'd in the appended claims.

Ic'la'iin: A M ,1 1. Ina curtain hanger forfdouble windoes; the combination with end braekets an intermediate T-bracket, of independent parting from the'su bstance of the iiiv'ention curtain rodsbe tween 'said T brla cket 'aii'd 'eiid brackets, respectively, eachfefsaidrddsi'being removably engaged with and supported by one 'of'said eiid brackets andone arm; of

'2. In a curtain hafiger for' double (lows, the cementum vv'i'th endtraeka each having a receiving soeket atits free end, of an intermediate T-bracket having a receiving socket on each side thereof, the sockets of the end-bracket and T bracket on each side of the latter opening toward each other, and independent curtain rods between said T-bracket and end-brackets, respectively, each of said curtain rods comprising a pair of telescoping rod sections each adapted to detachably engage with a receiving socket of one of said brackets under an endwise movement of said rod section.

3. In a curtain hanger for double windows, the combination with end-brackets each having front and rear receiving sockets at its free end, of an intermediate T-bracket having front and rear receiving sockets on each side thereof, the sockets of the endbracket and T-bracket on each side of the latter opening toward each other, and independent pairs of curtain rods between said T-bracket and end-brackets, respectively, each rod of each pair being capable of lengthwise expansion and contraction and adapted to detachably engage with a receiving socket of said T-bracket and a receiving socket of one of said end-brackets under an expanding movement of said rod.

l. In a curtain hanger, the combination with a supporting bracket having front and rear receiving sockets at its free end, of a curtain rod having one end detachably e11- gaged with the rear socket of said bracket, a support for the other end of said rod, and a rod section adapted to carry a side drape detachably engaged at one end with the front socket of said bracket and detachably connected at its other end to said curtain rod.

5. In a curtain hanger, the combination with a supporting bracket having front and rear receiving sockets at its free end, of a curtain rod having one end detachably engaged with the rear socket of said bracket, a support for the other end of said rod, and a rod section adapted to carry a side drape detachably engaged at one end with the front socket of said bracket and provided at its other end with a spring clip detachably engaging said curtain rod.

6. In a curtain hanger, a. T-bracket adapted to support the proximate ends of two pairs of curtain rods and comprising an attaching base, a forwardly projecting bifur- Gopies or this patent may be obtained for cated stem, and front and rear head portions each formed with sockets adapted to detachably engage with the proximate ends of two curtain rods.

7. In a curtain hanger, a T-bracket adapted to support the proximate ends of two pairs of curtain rods and comprising an attaching base, a forwardly projecting main stem, a branch stem attached to and supported by said main stem, and front and rear head portions carried by said main and branch stems and each formed with sockets on its opposite sides adapted to detachably engage with the proximate ends of two curtain rods.

8. In a curtain hanger, a supporting bracket formed with a substantially fiat receiving socket having a protuberance on the inner surface of a side wall thereof, in com bination with a curtain rod having at one end a projecting spring wire loop connector adapted to slidingly engage with said socket and at its free end bear against and be laterally flexed by said protuberance.

9. In a curtain hanger, a T-bracket the head portion whereof forms a pair of oppositely disposed alined substantially flat receiving sockets, and is provided with a central protuberance on the inner surface of a side wall thereof, in combination with a pair of curtain rods having at their proximate ends projecting spring wire loop connectors adapted to slidingly engage with said sockets and at their freeends bear against and be laterally flexed by said protuberance.

10. In a curtain hanger, an end-bracket for a pair of rods, comprising overlapping base-plates provided with registering holes for attaching screws, and outwardly divergent curved arms terminating at their free ends in parallel receiving sockets for the ends of the rods.

11. In a curtain hanger, an end-bracket for a pair of rods, comprising overlapping base-plates fastened together and provided with registering holes for attaching screws, and outwardly divergent curved arms located. in a common plane and terminating at their free ends in front and rear parallel receiving sockets for the ends of the rods.

J AMES I-I. BOYE.

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